KONAMI ANNOUNCES SHAMAN KING:
MASTER OF SPIRITS 2
Popular Anime Franchise Returns
to Nintendo Game Boy® Advance
LOS ANGELES – Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) Booth #800 – May 17, 2005 – Konami Digital Entertainment
– America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced
that it will release Shaman King : Master of spirits 2 for Nintendo Game Boy®
Advance in August 2005. Introduced in Japan in 1998, the Shaman King property
has become a phenomenal success with more than 20 million comic books and more
than 165 million trading cards sold. The third video game in this multi-million
dollar franchise, Shaman King: Mater of spirits 2 delivers an all-new exciting,
action-packed RPG, where players continue their quest to become the next Shaman
King.
The sequel to Shaman King : Master
of spirits, players return to the role of Yoh Asakura as they traverse multiple
stages filled with perils, enemies and traps in order to stop a diabolical
shaman from resurrecting the evil “Guardian of Demons.” To assist Yoh in his
quest, players can collect the spirits of vanquished opponents and use these
spirits to help him in battle. Additionally, they can summon old and new
Guardian Ghosts in the battle to defeat the enemies. As players progress, they
will build their skills and unlock special moves, combo systems and abilities.
Adding to the excitement, gamers can upgrade their spirits and use the enhanced
spirit system to negotiate treacherous levels filled with traps!
Shaman King follows the story of Yoh
Asakura, a junior high school student hiding an amazing secret. Yoh is a shaman,
one of the few who can communicate with ghosts and spirits. Through his powers,
Yoh can join forces with another spirit, uniting ghost and human together as
one. Yoh teams up with Amidamaru, the spirit of the 600-year old samurai
warrior, and with this powerful union, Yoh begins his quest to be crowned Shaman
King in the grand tournament, held once every 500 years.
Shaman King: Master of spirits 2
will be on display at Konami’s E3 2005 booth May 18 – 20. To learn more about
this title, please visit:
http://www.konami.com
About KONAMI CORPORATION
Konami Corporation is a leading
developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties,
specializing in the home video game market. Konami Corporation’s action and
adventure titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill
and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami
can be found on the Web at
www.konami.com . Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in
Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the
US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation, the parent
company of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is traded in the United States on
the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products
published by Konami Digital Entertainment – America can be found at
www.konami.com/gs
About 4Kids Entertainment
Headquartered in New York City with
international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a
global provider of children’s entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids,
through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international
merchandise licensing; television, film, music and home video production and
distribution; media planning and buying; product development; and Web site
development. For further information, visit the Company’s Web site at
www.4KidsEntertainment.com <http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/> . ###
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